We finished up insects last week with a discussion on bees. We also tasted honey and realized that without bees and flowers we wouldn't have honey.

This week we are learning about trees, leaves and apples this week. On Friday, we will be making applesauce.

I am putting a sign up sheet in the hall for pumpkin farm drivers. Please sign up if you can drive. We are going the morning of October 14th.

We are learning about insects this week. We learned that insects have three body parts and six legs. Yesterday we talked about ladybugs. They help plants because they eat aphids. Today we found out that grasshoppers eat farmers' crops. We will finish the week with ants and bees.

Next week we will learn about trees and apples.

We have scheduled a trip to Howells pumpkin patch on Friday, Oct. 14th. We will need several drivers. We will leave around 9 am and be back for lunch at 11:20. Let us know if you can drive.

We have released 5 monarch butterflies this week. They emerged from their chrysalis and we let them go as soon as their wings were dry. We still have 3 more we are waiting on.

We started a unit on living and nonliving things and the importance of the sun. We are doing an experiment. We have two small flowering plants, one is sitting out by the window and the other is inside a black plastic bag. At the end of the week we will see what has happened to the plants.

Book orders were sent home on Monday and are due on Friday. Online ordering is very easy to do. The class receives free books for each online order.

We still have spaces on our signup sheets outside the classroom. This is where you can sign up to provide things for our class parties.

The Fall Carnival is next week on Thursday from 5-7.

We are having a good start to the school year. The children like the outdoor activities in the courtyard. A parent from the school brought in several monarch caterpillars last week. We have six caterpillars that have formed their chrysalis and two more growing caterpillars. We should see butterflies next week.

We will be learning about the importance of the sun next week.